To: presidio9
Michaelangelo seems to have forgotten that David was Jewish......
2 posted on
09/07/2004 7:04:19 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(Kerry can't run on his record, so George Bush is going to.....)
To: Red Badger
I see that his work and this article has had a profound effect on you.
4 posted on
09/07/2004 7:07:40 AM PDT by
presidio9
(Islam is as Islam does)
To: Red Badger
David was the second King of Israel and he was from the "KING" tribe Judah and lineage to Christ.
The first king of Israel was Saul and he was from the tribe of Benjamin. His life and times resemble bjclinton greatly.
The House of Israel had a break and became two kingdoms, thereafter called House of Israel (10 northern tribes) and House of Judah (2 southern tribes).
When the Kingdom of Judah was sent into captivity to the king of Babylon, Jeremiah took the king's "tender twigs" daughters to safety and off the continent.
To: Red Badger
Michaelangelo seems to have forgotten that David was Jewish.... Right. Jewish boys are circumsized. "David" is not. Seems to me that his being uncircumsized is pretty meaningful....
51 posted on
09/07/2004 7:56:22 AM PDT by
Theo
To: Red Badger
Uncircumcized, and undersized. An "ideal" with gentle gentile genitalia.
58 posted on
09/07/2004 8:03:29 AM PDT by
TomSmedley
(Technical writer)
To: Red Badger
And that apart from the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob...
he was just another shepherd boy......
74 posted on
09/07/2004 8:25:55 AM PDT by
joesnuffy
(Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
To: Red Badger
For great many centuries it was forgotten that even Jesus was Jewish...
Actually, this reminds me of a Texas school principal. A few years ago, frustrated with a Mexican pupil speaking Spanish to another, he exclaimed: "You are in America now, speak English! If English was good enough for our Lord and Savior, it should be good enough for you!"
80 posted on
09/07/2004 8:35:07 AM PDT by
TopQuark
To: Red Badger
For great many centuries it was forgotten that even Jesus was Jewish...
Actually, this reminds me of a Texas school principal. A few years ago, frustrated with a Mexican pupil speaking Spanish to another, he exclaimed: "You are in America now, speak English! If English was good enough for our Lord and Savior, it should be good enough for you!"
81 posted on
09/07/2004 8:35:07 AM PDT by
TopQuark
To: Red Badger
Michaelangelo seems to have forgotten that David was Jewish...... Oh no. From what I understand the foreskin was very deliberate. Michelangelo's David was intended, as the article suggests, to be an example of the New Man, unshackled by religious covenant. Circumscision was a sign of the ovenant between God and His people - a sign that you were under authority. Hence the fact that Michelangelo left the foreskin on.
I disagree with the article - there is nothing to admire about it, aside from aesthetics.
To: Red Badger
"Michaelangelo seems to have forgotten that David was Jewish....."
Y'know, I never noticed that before. Very interesting... David came well after Abraham, so yes, let's just say Michelangelo didn't chip away quite enough marble...
To: Red Badger
Maybe he didn't know what a circumcised one looks like.
150 posted on
09/07/2004 10:36:50 AM PDT by
Terriergal
(""Woe to you...Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!"Matthew 23:23a,24)
To: Red Badger
Michelangelo seems to have forgotten that David was Jewish......
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I mean, not like I'm staring at it or anything. Really.
153 posted on
09/07/2004 10:38:06 AM PDT by
Fintan
(Oh...am I supposed to read the article???)
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